"Human Flourishing" is a vital component in your BSN Nursing Program.  Human Flourishing is a journey, how have you flourished as a person, professional and how has this course assisted you in helping your patients flourish?

I can truly credit this course in aiding in my flourishing as a health professional, individual, and leaving a positive impact on my patients. Before beginning this course I had a year’s worth of Med Surge/Orthopedics experience and a year’s worth of Women’s Surgery experience which had given me enough experience to have basic assessment skills and exposure to different health scenarios. When this class began it seemed that almost weekly whatever unit we were studying, I was assigned to patients with related conditions (impacted ear drum, scoliosis, ring worm, postural tachycardia, etc.) Due to my growing knowledge I was competently and confidently able to step up my assessments and catch things that had been missed before. I relayed these finding to physicians and although some found it annoying as I was addressing issues they were unaware of before, some physicians were appreciative and even told the patients that they were thankful I had been the nurse or otherwise the patient may have been discharged without the symptoms being addressed. I am not a nurse for the acknowledgement or the thanks but it boosts the morale to know you’re positively making a difference in your patient’s healthcare. As a nurse there is not greater joy than to see positive health improvements in my patients and to know my 12 hours of care impacted their life and aided in their own flourishing.